Digital cameras for kids? Do you let your kids play with your camera?

-We're looking for a kids digicam/cheap digicam that plugs into the tv for my little cousin who's family has no computer. We can't really go anymore than 40 bucks because of how many kids we have in our family to buy for.

-I'm also wondering what kind of camera your child has? Do you let them play with yours? How old are they?

um, well I'm far too young to have children, but that wording would put up a bit of a warning, if I were ever a parent.. letting kids /play with/ a digital camera? eep. somewhere, in another dimension, I can hear expensive cameras breaking..

no...i have a $2,000 camera

There are many child oriented digital cameras that teach them how to handle one and very basic software.
EX: fisher price- http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=2...

no, my son is a menace.

Any camera worth $40 or less is crap. Sorry, that's just the way it is. I bought my daughter a Barbie digicam a few years ago for $30, and it was terrible. The pictures (even the ones I tried out) were blurry -- so low quality that it wasn't even fun.

To answer your other question, I bought my daughter a $100 digital camera (on sale before Christmas, an HP I think) when she was 11. She has taken good care of it (and in fact, hasn't used it in ages because the fun wore off, I guess). Before that, I'd let her use mine if I was right there, but there's no way I'd let her go somewhere with it.

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